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oil prices, rose by as much as 5% on Monday to $95.50 (£70.75) a barrel. European stock markets dropped, with the UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington and Tehran’s tit-for-tat captures of commercial vessels. Brent crude, the international benchmark
100 index down nearly 1%. Banks fell, with Barclays dropping 4% in early trade, while Natwest and Lloyds slipped more than 3%. Gilt yields had already risen this week amid concerns over a jump
dropped to a near standstill](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5736104/iran-war-oil-trump-israel-strait-hormuz-closed-energy-crisis) and some production in the Persian Gulf had to shut down. Markets in Asia are facing increasingly dire [shortages of fuel](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5760763/southeast-asia-is-being-hit-hard-by-irans-cutoff-of-oil-and-gas). Worldwide, crude oil
Oil [output](/news/2025/11/20/sudan-has-vast-oil-gold-and-agricultural-resources-who-controls-them) has fallen amid widespread instability and infrastructure damage. The [Khartoum refinery](/news/2025/1/23/sudans-army-battles-rsf-for-control-of-oil-refinery-near-khartoum) (Al-Jaili), which previously processed up to 100,000 barrels per day and supplied about half of Sudan’s fuel
prices soaring above $100 a barrel in March, Miliband has come under pressure, including from the Conservatives and Reform, to ramp up oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. In response, he is expected
dropped sharply in April, falling by 100,000, after a 28,000 decline in March, the ONS said. Excluding bonuses, wage growth was 3.4% year on year in the three months to March, down from
dropping bombs again” if a long-term deal to end the war was not agreed by Wednesday, when their truce expires. ![The Malta-flagged oil tanker Agios Fanourios I, which sailed through the strait
prices surged above $100 per barrel in the wake of US-Israeli strikes on Iran. In April, Bessent told The Associated Press news agency that Washington had no plans to renew the waiver. But energy
100 since Iran predictably responded to the onslaught from the US and Israel by closing the strait of Hormuz. That price remains well below historic highs, and because it has not surged into the stratosphere
100% of the increase in jet fuel prices as quickly as possible". IAG, which owns British Airways as well as Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and Level, has also warned that travellers will have
dropped by 10-20 percent, losing its market dominance to clean energy. Not everyone is convinced. “In an average year, if clean resources are sufficient to meet extra demand for electricity, that doesn’t establish
drop" in the price of oil. It thought the outlook was a little better for diesel drivers. However, petrol and diesel prices remain well below the levels reached in summer 2022 following Russia's invasion
oil prices will hit its profits, having driven up fuel costs by £25m in the last month alone. It said it expected to report an increased pre-tax loss of £540-£560m
dropping bombs again." Trump was on his way back to Washington, after appearing at Turning Point USA's "Build the Red Wall" rally in Phoenix, AZ. Despite hinting at the possibility of resuming attacks
100 million. That's because the price of jet fuel has skyrocketed since the war in Iran began in late February. Ultimately, taxpayers will be the ones to shell out tens of millions of dollars
oil than it can export, it appears for the moment enough tankers are making it through the US naval blockade, while remedial steps such as flaring means storage space has not run out. Independent estimates
prices rose and global bonds wobbled on Monday, as fresh tensions in the Middle East fed inflation fears and bets that central banks will have to increase interest rates. Brent crude, the international benchmark
price and fears for the global economy. But 50 hours later the president posted that the mission was being put on hold "for a short period of time". His decision came on the same
prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US military escalation in breach of the nominal ceasefire comes with greater risk against a regime disinclined to surrender. In theory, Trump’s military options